September 3, 2015 Board of Trustees: Attached you will find Labette Community College’s 2015 Annual Report. The information comes from all areas of our College in an attempt to provide you with a comprehensive view of what we have accomplished over the past year. The report starts with our Strategic Planning process so you get an idea of the big picture, including the Core Values and Core Values Outcomes that the Board helped us to write. The last part of the report contains the timeline, organizational charts, Committee Support of Strategic Plan and ends with Highlights. Hopefully this annual comprehensive overview will serve the needs of the board. It also serves as way for us to show our transparency as required by the Higher Learning Commission. Once the annual report has been reviewed by the Board of Trustees, the information will be shared with all Labette Community College employees and adjunct instructors. Finally, this Annual Report is a testament to the outstanding works of all our faculty, staff, and administration. I know you will be as pleased as I am with our results. Sincerely, George C. Knox, Ed.D. President President’s Vision Labette Community College 5 Year Vision FY 2016-2020 PREFACE As always there is a need to write a preface to my five-year vision. I feel it is necessary and prudent to do so in light of the fiscal situation that continues in the State as we plan our strategic direction. We have three factors that compound any decisions we make for at least the next 6-10 years. The legislative mandate for a new funding formula for technical education. The community college system continues to advocate for a formula that includes general education. The technical colleges aren’t comfortable with the inclusion and continue to block the efforts of the community colleges. The new funding model continues to require additional funding and always will as SB 155 impacts our relationships with our USD’s and our offering for them; The Governor’s focus continues to focus on less taxes and more job growth and training. However the legislature doesn’t provide adequate funding under the current community college block grant; and Labette Community College is in negotiations with the Faculty Association for the renewal of their Master Agreement as is done every year. PRESIDENT’S VISION/GOALS These visions or goals are not in any particular order. A majority of these goals have financial implications. All these goals surround and give support for our student body. Student housing must be the College’s number one goal. We continue to search for partners/investors to build a dorm facility that will serve about 200 students. This will provide us with an opportunity and a challenge. We will now have the opportunity to develop specific programs for our students housed on campus. Additionally we will need to offer a full-service meal plan for our students. We will need to seek out a food service company to accomplish that task. Once the goal of student housing has been realized our next goal is to expand student programming opportunities for our students and increase the number of staff members to serve those student needs. Our student focus for student housing would require our first year student athletes to make use of our student housing. Additionally we need to search for instructional/continuing education programming that would make additional use of the student housing facilities during the summer semester. By this time the addition of enhanced athletic facilities will be completed, adding locker rooms, free weight rooms, a wrestling facility, indoor baseball and softball practice space and additional athletic offices. In 2014 we added the Exercise Science program. Now that this program is well established we need to explore additional opportunities to utilize our expanded facility. We need to explore additional programs that will enhance and partner with our Exercise Science program. It is critical to the mission of our athletic department to add a full-time athletic director to manage our athletic programs, facilities, and continue fundraising efforts and establishing a strong viable Athletic Boosters Club that will support ongoing athletic enhancements. It is imperative that we add a position for institutional research to deal with both in-house requests and the Board of Regents institutional research requests. I think it remains critical to expand our relationships and partnerships with other colleges and universities. Our focus should those universities, community and technical colleges in the four- state area. All of our transfer and articulation agreements enhance the opportunities we have for our students. We can’t do it all and with continued budget constraints but it just makes sense to partner. As our Perkins funds continue to diminish a comprehensive review, above and beyond our program review process, must be undertaken on all of our technical program offerings to insure the College funding can sustain those offerings. Academic Affairs Vision Labette Community College 5 Year Vision FY2016-2020 The Academic Affairs Administrative Area will: 1. Prepare for accreditation visit in October, 2015 through participation in the Higher Learning Commission Pathways Cohort. 2. Prepare for KBOR Performance Agreement approval annually. 3. Assist with efforts to develop specific programs for our students housed on campus during the school year and summer session, once student housing is built. 4. Explore additional programs that will enhance our Exercise Science program once it is well established and after the enhanced athletic facility is completed. 5. Ensure LCC courses approved as Transfer courses by KBOR meet all of the syllabi requirements. 6. Provide a budget that supports the best possible learning opportunities for our students at the main campus, Cherokee Center, extension sites, Hybrid, and online. Look at expanding our on- line offerings. 7. Support the college through full participation in committee work by Academic Affairs personnel, ensure committees are accomplishing their purpose statements, and highlights are shared with Academic Affairs staff. 8. Support student clubs and organizations and ensure they are accomplishing their goals. 9. Ensure all Career Technical Education programs utilize industry-recognized assessment tools, and that all programs fully participate in KBOR alignment opportunities when scheduled to do so. 10. Address the workforce training needs of our service area by offering courses at their places of business or on our campus, center, online or extension sites. 11. Continue to strengthen our CMA, CNA, and other SB 155 courses. 12. Re-visit our community education offerings and respond to the needs of our community. 13. Explore additional 2+2 Articulation Agreements with colleges, course and program Articulation Agreements with high schools, and expand our relationships and partnerships with other institutions. 14. Ensure that Library services are available to provide adequate learning support for our students and staff. 15. Ensure academic program reviews accurately reflect the needs of our programs, and that the needs are pursued through the departmental operational plans. 16. Provide a full-time/adjunct instructor ratio that allows for the best learning opportunities for our students as budgets will allow. 17. Provide office space and storage space for adjunct instructors teaching on the main campus. 18. Work cooperatively with the Eastern Kansas Adult Education Consortium to provide for the needs of our adult education students. 19. Provide course development opportunities to add and improve course offerings and delivery methods to meet the needs of our programs and students. 20. Provide for instructional growth through use of professional development funds. Student Affairs (SA) Labette Community College Five-Year Vision 2016-2020 Student Affairs Vision In support of the Five Year Vision provided by Labette Community College’s President, these goals have been developed for the Student Affairs Department as a whole. These visions or goals are in no particular order and most of them do have financial implications. All of these goals surround and give support for our students. Focus attention on Phase 2 of our Capital Campaign which is the addition of enhanced athletic facilities, including a new facility and renovation of the current facility. Development of student housing that will eventually serve 200 students. Hire a full-time athletic director to manage our athletic programs, facilities, and fundraising efforts. Hire an Institutional Researcher to assist with reporting requests in house and from outside entities. Increase enrollment through new programs, enhanced recruitment efforts, and new partnerships. Increase students applying for student financial aid. Increase the number of students earning degrees and certificates. Increase student life activities/student organizations on Main Campus and at the Cherokee Center. Coordinate with Academic Affairs to create services for ESL students. Increase the percentage of Student Support Services participants who complete an Associate’s Degree AND transfer to a four-year institution after graduation. Transition Talent Search grant objectives towards more student involvement in a rigorous curriculum that will open more scholarship opportunities for its participants. Finance & Operations Vision Labette Community College 5 Year Vision FY2016-FY2020 PREFACE Over the next five years we will be experiencing a gradual improvement in our financial situation, however we must continue to focus on ways to reduce unnecessary expenditures and at the same time be creative in our approach to generate new revenue. We will need to carefully analyze the needs of the college and determine priorities for allocation of new funds. The new health science building will be completed and we will need to determine the best use of the vacated space. Finance & Operations Vision Complete the building phase of the new health science building and focus the long term planning to maintain both the facility and equipment needs. Determine the best use of the vacated health science building, the renovations necessary and a plan of action.